Read the passage and answer the questions:
The sepoys began their action with a signal; in many places it was the firing of the evening gun or the sounding of the bugle. They first seized the bell of arms and plundered the treasury. They then attacked the government buildings – the jail, treasury, telegraph office, record room, bungalows – burning all records. The mutiny in the sepoy ranks quickly became a rebellion.
Match List I with List II:
| List I | List II | ||
| (A) | Birjis Qadr | (I) | Jhansi |
| (B) | Kunwar Singh | (II) | Kanpur |
| (C) | Rani Lakshmi Bai | (III) | Awadh |
| (D) | Nana Sahib | (IV) | Arrah |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II
(A) Birjis Qadr — this matches (III) Awadh. In Awadh, where the displacement of the popular Nawab Wajid Ali Shah was still fresh in memory, the people of Lucknow hailed Birjis Qadr, the young son of the Nawab, as their leader.
(B) Kunwar Singh — this matches (IV) Arrah. Kunwar Singh, a local zamindar in Arrah in Bihar, was forced by popular pressure to lead the uprising there.
(C) Rani Lakshmi Bai — this matches (I) Jhansi. In Jhansi, the rani was forced by the popular pressure around her to assume the leadership of the uprising.
(D) Nana Sahib — this matches (II) Kanpur. In Kanpur, the sepoys and the people of the town gave Nana Sahib, the successor to Peshwa Baji Rao II, no choice but to join the revolt as their leader.
NCERT (2026-27): “1.3 Leaders and followers … In Kanpur, the sepoys and the people of the town gave Nana Sahib, the successor to Peshwa Baji Rao II, no choice save to join the revolt as their leader. In Jhansi, the rani was forced by the popular pressure around her to assume the leadership of the uprising. So was Kunwar Singh, a local zamindar in Arrah in Bihar. In Awadh, where the displacement of the popular Nawab Wajid Ali Shah and the annexation of the state were still very fresh in the memory of the people, the populace in Lucknow celebrated the fall of British rule by hailing Birjis Qadr, the young son of the Nawab, as their leader.…” |